Fire-place grate



(No Model.)

W. R. BELDING.

. FIRE PLACE GRATB. N0. 333.382. v Patented Dec. 29, 1885.

WITNEsEs K d- M By UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. BELDING, OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, ARKANSAS.

FIRE-PLACE GRATEI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,382, dated December 29, 1885.

Application filed April 23, 1885. Serial No. 163,149. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. BELDING, of Mountain View, in the county of Stone and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Place Grates, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a perspective view of a fire-place, showing my improved Io grate.

The present invention relates to an improve. ment in grates for fire-places; and it consists of a transverse bar having upright supports at the ends, and aseries of adjustable bars hook- I 5 ing over this forward bar, extending rear wardly into the fire-place, so as to receive thereon the fuel, said rearwardly-projecting bars having upright supports at the rear end, all of which will now be fully set forth in Q detail.

In the accompanying drawing, A is a metallic bar, of any convenient size and shape,

designed to extend across the front end of the fire-place, being provided at the end with suitable supports, B, formed integral therewith. The horizontal part of this bar is de signed to be set on edge. Atintervals and extending rearwardly from this bar I provide a series of laterally-projecting bars, 0, pro- Vided with hooks D at their forward end, designed to hook over the transverse bar A, and thus hold it in an upright position, thence curved downwardly and rearwardly, and are provided at their rear ends with or without 5 down-turned support-s E, so as to rest upon the hearth.

I design to form these parts in any suitable manner and of any suitablematerial requisite for the purpose. The rearwardly-projecting bars I prefer to be formed with rearwardlyprojecting curves; but it is obvious that the forward part may be formed square, as in the ordinary grate, if so desired.

I design to have any convenient number of these rearwardly-projecting bars necessary for the purpose, the principal object of which is to form them so that they may be readily detached when desired, or to be placed as close together, either for wood or coal, as found convenient or desirable. The transverse bar A may be supported by inserting the vertical posts B into a block of marble or into the hearth-plate, if desired; but it is found that the grates O ordinarily are all the support which the bar A requires to keep it from tipping over.

What I claim is The combination, in a fire-grate, of the transverse bar which extends across the front of thegrate, and which is provided with a vertical support at each end,with the rearwardlyprojecting bars,which have their front ends provided with hooks, so as to catch over and upon the transverse bars, and their rear ends resting upon the hearth, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 7th day of' March, 1885, in the presence of witnesses.

WILLIAM It. BELDING.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. OARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM J. ALLREI). 

